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Presentation on theme: "Fighting the Civil War: Americas First Total War."— Presentation transcript:

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Writing My First 17B Paper Was… A. A better experience than I thought. B. A worse experience than I thought. C. The worse experience of my college career.

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How Do We Define Total War? Number of Casualties (620,000 dead or 5.9 million in todays terms). Growth of Government and Mobilization of Resources War Against Civilian Population Thesis: North was able to attack southern home front and thus won the war.

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Impact on Confederate Morale: Desertion and Manpower Women and children suffered greatly: honorable to come home. Lee in February 1865: Hundreds of men are deserting nightly. Eight percent of his army deserts that month.